Some plastic alternatives need to be put in industrial compost facilities or require acres of land for production. Sway’s seaweed plastic needs neither. Inside the lab of the Bay Area-based startup ...

After using a new straw, you can compost it in your backyard, or even eat it. The straw, made with seaweed, looks and acts like plastic while someone is drinking, but if it ends up in the ocean, it ...

Farmers and gardeners have used seaweed as mulch and fertilizer for centuries, and Mainers are lucky to have a free, abundant supply dumped on their shores year-round. The stuff brims with ...

Plugging leaky pipes, composting, and adding seaweed to dairy cows’ diets may not seem to have anything in common, but all three are ways organizations across New England are working to reduce the ...

Seaweed forests have become a much-plumbed well for anyone seeking solutions to some of the world's biggest environmental problems. Companies with a climate-conscious bent are using seaweed instead of ...

This article examines how seaweeds serve as sustainable superfoods that promote brain, gut, and cardiovascular health while ...